Tag Archives: United States

• India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom 11 June 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has one comment

  India has turned down a travel request for members of a US government panel seeking to review its religious freedom, saying such foreign agencies had no standing to assess the constitutional rights of citizens. ...

• Thousands pay tribute to George Floyd as pressure mounts for US police reform 9 June 2020 | Erwin Seba This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of mourners braved sweltering Texas heat on Monday to view the casket of George Floyd, whose death after a police officer knelt on his neck ignited worldwide protests against racism and calls for reforms of US law enforcement. ...

• Protests worldwide embrace Black Lives Matter movement 6 June 2020 This post has 5 comments

  Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of US protests against police brutality. The global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities. ...

• US rebukes China for border ‘aggression’ with India 2 June 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani and Fayaz Bukhari This post has 2 comments

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a senior congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour towards India during a military standoff on their disputed border. ...

• Trump cutting US ties with World Health Organization over virus 30 May 2020 | Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols This post has one comment

  The United States will end its relationship with the World Health Organization over the body’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, accusing the UN agency of becoming a puppet of China. ...

• Protests spread across US in wake of police killing black man 29 May 2020 | Sudhin Thanawala This post has 4 comments

  Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted Friday in dozens of US cities following the killing of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck. ...

• US, UK raise Hong Kong at UN as pressure mounts on China This post has one comment

  The United States and Britain on Friday defied China's anger by raising Hong Kong's autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing. ...

• India sidesteps Trump offer to mediate on China, says in talks with Beijing 28 May 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has one comment

  India is in talks with China to deal with the most serious military standoff on their disputed border in recent years, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, sidestepping US President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate. ...

• Trump offers to mediate ‘raging’ India-China border dispute 27 May 2020 | Doina Chiacu and Sanjeev Miglani This post has no comments yet

  US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had offered to mediate a standoff between India and China at the border, where soldiers camped out in a high-altitude region have accused each other of trespassing over the disputed border. ...

• US coronavirus death crosses 100,000, cases now over 1.7 million | Tom McCarthy This post has no comments yet

  The United States has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, moving past a grim milestone even as many states relax mitigation measures to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. ...